Seed storage and dispensing bin

A seed storage and dispensing bin, comprising:

• a walled container having a top, a bottom opposite the top, and an interior space defined between the top and the bottom and sized to receive a plurality of seeds therein,
• a roof having an open bottom and a top opposite the open bottom thereof, the bottom of the roof coupled to the top of the walled container and the top of the roof defining an opening therethrough, and
• a seed slide assembly positioned in the interior space of the walled container and coupled at a top end thereof to the roof at the opening defined through the roof, the seed slide assembly having a bottom end, opposite the top end thereof, extending downwardly into the interior space of the walled container, the seed slide assembly including a first elongated seed slide sloping downwardly in a first direction into the interior space of the walled container and a second seed slide sloping downwardly in a second direction, different from the first direction, into the interior space of the walled container, the first seed slide positioned between the second seed slide and the opening defined through the roof with a top end of the second seed slide positioned below a bottom end of the first seed slide,
• wherein the first and second seed slides are configured such that seeds released into the opening in the top of the roof slide downwardly on the first seed slide and onto the second seed slide, and then slide downwardly on the second seed slide and in the interior space of the walled container;
• wherein the seed slide assembly further comprises a first deflector plate positioned adjacent to the bottom end of the first seed slide, the first deflector plate configured to direct seeds exiting the first seed slide onto the second seed slide.

A seed storage and dispensing bin, comprising:

• a walled container having a top, a bottom opposite the top, an interior space defined between the top and the bottom and a divider dividing the interior space into first and second separate spaces each sized to receive a plurality of seeds therein,
• a first opening defined in the bottom of the container and open to the first space,
• a second opening defined in the bottom of the container and open to the second space,
• a first plate slidably mounted to an exterior surface of the container over the first opening,
• a second plate slidably mounted to the exterior surface of the container over the second opening,
• a first actuator configured to incrementally slide the first plate relative to the exterior surface of the container between closed and fully open positions thereof and between the fully open and closed positions thereof, wherein the first plate completely covers the first opening in the closed position thereof and the first plate exposes a first cross-sectional area of the first opening in the fully open position thereof, and
• a second actuator configured to incrementally slide the second plate relative to the exterior surface of the container between a closed and fully open positions thereof and between the fully open and closed positions thereof, wherein the second plate completely covers the second opening in the closed position thereof and the second plate exposes a first cross-sectional area of the second opening in the fully open position thereof, whereby the first and second actuators are selectively actuatable to expose the same or different cross-sectional areas of the first and second openings respectively;
• wherein the first actuator comprises:
• a first bracket assembly mounted to the first plate,
• a first rotatable shaft coupled to the first bracket assembly, and
• a first lever mounted to the first rotatable shaft,
• wherein actuation of the first lever in a first direction relative to the walled container causes the first rotatable shaft to drive the first bracket assembly and the first plate coupled thereto upwardly toward the fully open position of the first plate, and
• wherein actuation of the first lever in a second direction opposite the first direction causes the first rotatable shaft to drive the first bracket assembly and the first plate coupled thereto downwardly toward the closed position of the first plate,
• wherein the second actuator comprises:
• a second bracket assembly mounted to the second plate,
• a second rotatable shaft coupled to the second bracket assembly, and
• a second lever mounted to the second rotatable shaft,
• wherein actuation of the second lever in a first direction relative to the walled container causes the second rotatable shaft to drive the second bracket assembly and the second plate coupled thereto upwardly toward the fully open position of the second plate, and wherein actuation of the second lever in a second direction opposite the first direction thereof causes the second rotatable shaft to drive the second bracket assembly and the second plate coupled thereto downwardly toward the closed position of the second plate.